Essential lighting guide for users of compact cameras and dSLRs One of the most important aspects of photography is lighting; but getting the lighting right is tricky. When should you use flash? Are a camerarsquo;s automatic settings dependable? Should you use reflectors or diffusers and where do you place them? This handy; portable reference will show you when; where; and how to create and capture perfect light; every time. The book includes a color checker card to help you maintain true color; as well as examples of stunningly-lit photos of people; wildlife; and landscapes to inspire you. Walks you through the essentials of lighting for digital photography Helps beginning and intermediate photographers leave the safety of automatic settings and confidently control lighting themselves Shows how to evaluate natural light; decide when to use flash; and how and when to use diffusers or reflectors Includes a tear-out color checker card to help you maintain true color in your photographs Comes in the handy; portable Digital Field Guides size; perfect for camera bags Create and capture the perfect lighting every time; with Lighting Digital Field Guide!
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Review
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Mandatory reading for anyone interested in the life of cities...and democracyBy Adam GreenfieldKristine Millers new book is the clearest. most concise and concrete discussion of issues around the definition of public space that Ive encountered. Among the issues Miller explores are:- What constitutes a public?- How are law. regulation. rhetoric and design used to control who gets to use a space. and what theyre allowed to do there?- Just how is eminent domain - the states prerogative to claim private property. for the ostensible benefit of the public - constructed?- How can aesthetics be deployed to muddy the fact that an apparently private domain like the atrium at Trump Tower has in fact been paid for (and continues to be subsidized) by you and me. the public?Each of these issues is brought to vivid life through well-chosen examples from the recent history of New York City. from the controversy over Richard Serras "Tilted Arc" to the design-abetted. megacorp-friendly "renewal" of Times Square. Even though these conflicts are far from obscure. Millers careful explication reveals facets of each that have hitherto not been well aired - for example. I was unaware of the bowderlization and betrayal of photographer Neil Selkirks "Faces of 42nd Street" series until Miller reported on it. (Apparently. neither was Selkirk.)In its distillation of some important ideas from Habermas and Lefebvre. "Designs on the Public" reminds us that the seemingly self-explanatory notion of "public space" is something continually in the process of being constructed. renegotiated. and challenged. Its a bracing. not always happy but absolutely crucial read: those of us who believe that democracy is something that happens in public are best served by understanding how very contingent access and the right to use can be. Ive added it as required reading for the course I teach at NYUs Interactive Telecommunications Program. and recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone concerned about the life of cities.
